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" mm Patent o; 74,934; dated Ma s 3, 186 8.

mitovnnsn w m DOUBLE Hons.

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'ro ALL WHOM I MAY concerns:

' Be it known that L'ANSON BURCHARD, of New-Brenton, Fort] eonnty, State of Illinois, heve insented an Iinp -ovement i'n Double Hoes, and I; do hereby declare, the'following descriptionand nccompenying drslwings are suflicient to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which it ghost nearly npperta-ins to make and use my said invention or improv'ement'withont fnrther invention or experiment,"

The nature of my intention and improvement consist in providing adoubie 11 e,) hoe whith two hiagies, with the means. of varying and edjusting the' distanee'ofthehledes'i'rdmench other, so" as to adopt the hoe to I refer to the accompanying drawings, qia-kinga part of this specification, of jxhieh the circu-mstnnces end requirements of difl'erent cases br iifi'erent kinds of work. 'ln desribing mil invention Figui-e'l is stop view of my improved douhlflhoe, with'the handle in n' hoxiiiyhtnl iiieeitien, theihlades i being seen ohliqhely end 5 Figure 2 a view of the two biades,

seen tint-wise or'fromthe direction of 'the oppositeemi'iei' the'ha mile .The hsniile Antsy be mnde in the ueual manner, niulldi ride itthrb'ugh thjm'idd le, by suiting or other;

- ease, for about one-third orone-heif its length from the lower end; ms the end of-each braneh, B B, of the forks formed by the separation of .thpa'rte, I attsoh, by rivets, sqrews,'ora. socket, as may be preferred, the

1 bent shank G of'u. blade, D, the blades D Dheing made of such size and shape, and set at snehnn engie with the handle as may be iieemed most advantageous for eaeh particular kind'b f work,' The handle shank! be seeuredjfrom splitting at the upper e'ndof th forhs by a. z ivetor ferrule. 'To vary and adjust the distance between the blades, Lemploy a screw, E, ,which may have to. thread in the branch next the head, and press against the other branch so as to spring it off, and thus separate the, hoe-shl aiies, "o; it 'nm'y turnfreeiy in the first-mentioned branch, having a. pin and washer'or. othef device tokeep i tfn piece, and ecreiv into theothe'n bi eneh. I 5130 contemplate eii'eeti'ng the adjustment by' means of a ring eni'rounding the two branches B B,

a.nd afwed gebtween them the' ring and wedge to be moved no or downaccording to the extent of sepsration" required for the blades 'of the. hoe.

.Double hoes have been found nsei uifoi plnnts of in; kinii .gr gwin iii roivsor drills, nhd by haying the; blades -sdj11stable, so as 156 be set meteor lees ap'art, as required. it is plain that their utility will be mates-wily inegensed,

What I claim 'as nay invention and'imnrovement'lndouble hoes i'sa J Making them ndjustahle, so thetthe biades maj bevs'et'near together orfnrther apart, ns desired.

I also claim, asa'means of adjnstingdoubie-hoes, n'cleft or forked handle provided with a. screw or other device,.foriadjnsting th'e'separstion,substantially as described. I p AHSON BUBCHARD.

Witnessei;

' Aueus'rus D. Perms, WALLA'es D. LEWIS. 

